An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CLISH-MA-CLAVER, s. Idle discourse, silly talk, S.; a low word.
Ramsay.

CLITTER-CLATTER, s. Idle talk, bandied backwards and forwards, S.
V. [Clatter], s. and v.
Cleland.

CLIVACE, s. A hook for catching the bucket in which coals are drawn up from the pit, Loth.

CLOCE.
V. [Close].

CLOCHARET, s. The Stonechatter, S. Motacilla rubicola, Linn.
Statist. Acc.

Gael. cloichran, id. from cloich, a stone, and perhaps rann, a song.

To CLOCHER, v. n. To cough; especially as indicating the sound emitted, when there is much phlegm in the throat, S.

Gael. clochar, wheezing in the throat, Shaw.

To CLOCK, CLOK, v. n.
1. To cluck, to call chickens together.
Douglas.

A. S. clocc-an, Teut. klock-en, glocire.